Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’ersheva met each other in the league 133 times. Maccabi won 64, lost 31 while 38 matches ended in a draw with the total goal tally currently on 187-111.
Be’ersheva hosted Maccabi 64 times of their total 833 league matches at home. Maccabi won 24 league matches away to Be’ersheva as opposed to the hosts winning 21. Maccabi is the only team which has a positive away record against Be’ersheva amongst 26 that faced the Southern side for more than 5 matches.
In 16 league matches at Turner stadium Maccabi has a record of 5 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. The highest victory was a 4-0 win on the final day of the 2018/19 season.
Dor Peretz, Ofir Davidzada and Avi Rikan made the most league appearances at Turner with 9 matches each.
Ten players scored for Maccabi at Turner: Dor Perez, Eran Zahavi and Yonatan Cohen scored 2 goals each.
Dor Peretz’s winning goal against Be’ersheva on May 12th 2018 inflicted the Southerners their first ever domestic defeat at Turner.
Wednesday’s match on January 1st will kick start 2025 and will be Maccabi’s 9th match on that date since the State of Israel was founded. Maccabi’s record in those 9 league matches is: 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Maccabi’s record on the first match of the calendar year (76 in total) currently stands on 48 wins, 14 draws and 14 defeats wit total goal tally of 179-66.
Maccabi’s highest victory on the first match of a calendar year was a 13-0 win over Maccabi Rishon Lezion on January 7th 1950 – Maccabi’s highest victory of all time and Israel’s highest ever victory in the league.
